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然后

rán hòu

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 然後

然后 (rán hòu) means "then; after that; afterwards". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 然后 means

1. then; after that; afterwards

How 然后 is used in grammar

然后 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Sequential Compound Sentences: 先…再/然后 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, conjunctions (连接分句或句子).

The characters in 然后

• 然ráncorrect; right; so
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch

Example sentences

• 然后！
  And then!
• 然后呢？
  And then?
• 然后干嘛？
  What do we do after this?
• 对，然后呢？
  Yes, and?
• 是的，然后呢？
  Okay, and then?
• 深呼吸，然后放松。
  Take a deep breath and then relax.

Words containing 然后

• 学然后知不足xué rán hòu zhī bù zúto learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 礼记

Where 然后 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Connectors, Conjunctions & Key Adverbs (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read rán hòu correctly.
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